Announcements

Focus Lehigh Valley/Bucks County. New name, new leader! Please welcome Mary Tipping, focuslvbucks@hardyplant.org, the new contact for this focus group. Let her know if you have suggestions for activities or places to visit.

Seed Exchange:Now that winter is over and our gardens are coming into full bloom the 2015-2016 Seed Exchange is raring to go. Check out the updated Seed Exchange Tab. Take this opportunity to share the beauty of your garden with your fellow members. As seeds ripen please think about gathering them to donate to the Exchange. The deadline for the donation form is October 31st. The deadline for donated seed is January 8th, 2016. Contact Sandy Vernick, 610-688-1086 or seedexchange@hardyplant.org, if you have any questions.

Annual Fall Gardeners' Market

Get the best plants at the very best time of year for planting! Choose some new additions to your gardens while hangin' out with fellow gardeners at the HPS/MAG Fall Gardeners' Market, 8:30am - 2pm, Saturday, August 22 at the Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, PA.

Shop nurseries you love, including some that don't sell retail. Choose from conifers, rare trees and shrubs (woodies and evergreens), natives, perennials, ferns, sun and shade garden plants, and specialty plants such as native azaleas, hellebores, and heaths and heathers. Several vendors will also feature non-nursery garden art and special accessories. Click here for driving directions, and to see a list of our vendors.

Bring a wagon or cart to carry your purchases. A plant park is available to leave your selections while you continue to shop. Bring your friends and neighbors. The sale is free, and open to everyone. Nonmembers can chat about HPS with longtime members, and may join HPS that day. And, you'll have a chance to win a beautiful raffle basket!

A few vendor spaces are still available. If you would like to be a vendor, contact waysandmeans@hardyplant.org. This event is held rain or shine; please dress for the weather.

The Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group (HPS/MAG)

We are a not-for-profit volunteer organization for gardeners in the Mid-Atlantic region. We encourage gardeners - from beginners to professionals - to learn more about horticulture and to share their skills, knowledge, and plants with each other. Members gather throughout the year to visit gardens and nurseries in the Delaware Valley. We sponsor plant sales, trips, seminars, and lectures about plants, ecology, design and propagation, and conservation.